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£69.99Appalachian Dances - James Curnow
Intriguing modes, authentic rhythms and vivid orchestrational contrasts are hallmarks of James Curnow's masterfully-crafted Appalachian Dances. The enchanting authentic Appalachian fiddle melodies are a musical treasure well worth reviving and bringing to the concert band stage. Snap rhythms recall the early heritage of hill country music in the first movement, which is followed by a richly harmonized air. The piece concludes with a rollicking third movement. In addition to being a memorable addition to your concert program, Appalachian Dances is just plain FUN to play. American musical heritage on display!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99The Gales of November - James L. Hosay
Grand and expansive in sound, this major work for Grade 3 band will be an excellent centerpiece for your maturing band's next performance. The orchestration abounds with wonderful contrasts, letting you show the many colors yourband can produce. Appropriate areas of rest for each section allow you to program this work anywhere on your concert without fear of overtiring the players. (Grade 3)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£43.00Marcia Italiana - Vincenzo Antonio Petrali
This sweeping festive march is full of italian temper and offers effective contrasts between woodwinds and brass. "Marcia Italiana" was originally a piece for organ; titled as "Sonata finale" it is the final movement of an organ mess "("Messa solenne") of the less known composer Vincenzo Petrali.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£98.20Space Lab - Giuseppe Ratti
A long pedal-note of evanescent chords, based on empty parallel fifths, announces the theme;flutes and reed instruments exploit some almost imperceptible micro-fragments, supported by muted trumpets, creating what is an almost surreal and spatial atmosphere. This was Giuseppe Ratti's starting point for his "Space Lab", a laboratory of sounds and, later (when the main theme is taken up once more), of rhythms. Although it may sound complicated, this piece is ultimately based on a single motif: the descending fourth played on the second beat by the woodwinds. In this piece, Giuseppe Ratti, with his usual pallet of clear, transparent colours at hand, appropriate for the general public, together with simple, effective themes, has sought to experiment with new atmospheres and rhythms. First of all we hear the entire theme in the Allegro. Then the rhythm changes in a simple but at the same time complex manner: almost a genetic mutation. The part leading up to the final Lento flows smoothly for the listener but requires great skill and experience on the part of those performing it. In the final lento the main theme reappears in all its simplicity and sincerity, purified of all contrasts. A metaphor for a life that leads us towards unimaginable frontiers but which, in the end, always brings us back to the point from where we started.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£157.50Flumen - Marco Somadossi
In October 2000, the River Po produced its highest flood waters in the last hundred years, provoking a natural disaster of dramatic dimensions. To the thousands of valiant men and women committed to defending their villages against the threat of the flood is dedicated the symphonic poem entitled "Flumen" (river, in Latin), inspired by the thematic material in the Gregorian sequence, "Victimae paschali laudes". The main melody is elaborated and its essence is transfigured in an alchemy of modern sounds from which, at times, archaic echoes emerge. The composition is structured in two parts: the first ("The River") is sullen and menacing, with sounds that portray the turbulent water and the inexorable and frightening rise of the flood;this contrasts with a second section ("The People"), with its primitive rhythms and vaguely multiethnic character (expressed through modal harmonies). Here the work evokes man's ancestral struggle against the forces of nature: the strenuous defence of the Po riverside communities to against the threat of flooding. In the finale, the two themes interweave and overlap, re-establishing a symbolic and primordial equilibrium where man and nature are again in harmony with each other.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Cross River Overture - Nancy H. Seward
The opening fanfare fades to an expressive andante featuring contrasts between woodwind and brass sonorities. A short call in the trombones simulates the horn of an excursion boat and heralds a spirited allegro with contrasting articulated patterns, legato passages and repartee between high and low voices.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Englewood - Nancy H. Seward
Here is an excellent choice for festival or program. Opening with a lyrical Andante, students will gain an understanding of phrasing and legato staye. The following Allegro Giocoso is a tuneful review of common sixteenth note patterns in a playful marcato that offers contrasts of tone colors, registers and dynamics. ( 2 minutes 30 seconds)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Glenwood March - David Gorham
Helps young musicians focus on good march style and dynamic contrasts.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Irish Interludes - Nancy H. Seward
Irish Interludes offers students experience in slow, expressive phrasing with the hauntingly beautiful Bendemeers Stream, contrasted by the rollicking The Girl I Left Behind Me, which contains dynamic contrasts and uses all the common 16th-note patterns.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50On The Wings Of The Chosen - Roland Barrett
This spirited new work dedicated to the Strategic Air Command Band showcases the brass and percussion in brilliant opening and closing sections and contrasts this with a lyrical second movement featuring the woodwinds. On Wings is ideal for festival or concert and will appeal to both performer and audience alike.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days